Synonyms of obesity

obesity

noun

ō-ˈbē-sə-tē 

as in fatness

the condition of having an excess of body fat

obesity has been linked to a number of health risks, such as heart disease

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fatness
• fat
• weight
• adiposity
• corpulence
• corpulency
• chubbiness
• plumpness
• rotundity
• pudginess
• fattiness
• fleshiness
• grossness
• embonpoint
• stoutness
• portliness
• heaviness
• pursiness
• bulkiness
• huskiness
• burliness
• endomorphy
• brawniness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• thinness
• leanness
• slenderness
• slimness
• fitness
• reediness
• svelteness
• trimness
• skinniness
• weediness
• gauntness
• scrawniness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of obesity

After steadily rising for decades, America’s obesity rate is finally declining. — Dr. Bowman Heiden, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026

For now, the findings offer another indication that the future of obesity medicine may involve more than finding a single hormone to switch on or off. — Mike McRae 09, New Atlas, 10 Oct. 2026

Why Eating Late Might Affect Your Liver MASLD, previously known as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, occurs when excess fat builds up in the liver in people with metabolic risk factors like obesity or type 2 diabetes. — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 9 Oct. 2026

In one study involving teens with obesity, for instance, O’Sullivan and his colleagues found that participants who ingested fecal transplant capsules loaded with healthy gut bacteria had better metabolic health years later than those who didn’t. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 5 Oct. 2026